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WALK-IN FLU CLINICS

We have now finished our Saturday walk in clinics, however if you still wish to have your free NHS Flu immunisation please contact either of our receptions to make an appointment.

We respectfully request that when considering having your NHS Flu Immunisation elsewhere, other than the practice, that you please note you are depriving the practice of much needed funding that is used to support other services - Thank you

We now have free Wi-fi available in both our waiting rooms - select NHS Free wi-fi and log on.

Clinics & Services

The practice runs a range of health promotion clinics and medical services. Appointments are necessary for most clinics – check with reception staff if uncertain. The practice acknowledges both male and female sensitivities when intimate examinations are necessary.

We have well women appointments at Chobham and West End surgeries where both a female doctor and nurse are available for consultation. Male patients can request to see a male doctor when they make a routine appointment. Patients can have access to their registered GP and nurses across both surgeries.

Minor Surgery

Many minor surgical procedures are undertaken at the surgery to save long waits for hospital treatment. Consult your doctor first to discuss whether the operation is necessary and to arrange an appointment for the minor surgery clinic.

Disease Management Clinics

Several clinics are available for specific conditions and to help increase your awareness of good health and leading a healthy lifestyle. For details of these clinics please ask at reception. Examples of clinics available are: asthma, diabetes, blood pressure, heart disease and minor operations.

Cervical Smears

A vital test to prevent the development of cervical cancer and detect it at an early stage, we recommend all women from 25 – 50 to have a smear test every 3 years and for women 50 – 65 every 5 years. Clinics are held at both Chobham and West End surgeries. These are mostly done by the practice nurse in her surgery. If for a particular reason you prefer your own doctor to perform this test in their normal surgery, this can be arranged. Smears can also be taken in the well women clinics.

Breast Screening

Breast self-examination is encouraged. Mammograms are performed 3 yearly from the age of 50 - 70 years old and you will receive a routine invitation from the Jarvis Centre.

Immunisations and Flu Vaccinations

It is important to keep vaccinations up to date in adults and children. Patients in ‘at risk’ groups and those over 65 years of age should consider a yearly flu immunisation and also a ‘once in a lifetime’ pneumococcal vaccination. Both are free under the NHS.

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Health Care Assistants

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Emma

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Helen

Michelle

Veronica

Travel Clinic

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Diabetes

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Respiratory (COPD and Asthma)

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Blood Pressure

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Pre-Diabetes

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Dressings

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Contraceptive pill repeat prescriptions and depot injections

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Routine Blood Tests

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Vitamin B12 injections

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ECG

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Smear Test

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Ear Microsuction

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Childhood Immunisations

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Shingles and Pneumonia vaccinations

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Zoladex and Nebido injections

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Heart Health advice

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Travel Vaccinations

If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel you will need to download, print & fill in our travel questionnaire. Please hand it in to the surgery before making an appointment with the practice nurse.This will include which countries and areas within countries that you are visiting to determine what vaccinations are required.

There is further information about countries and vaccinations required on the links below

It is important to make this initial appointment as early as possible - at least 6 weeks before you travel - as a second appointment may well be required with the practice nurse to actually receive further vaccinations. These vaccines have to be ordered as they are not a stock vaccine. Your second appointment needs to be at least 2 weeks before you travel to allow the vaccines to work.

Some travel vaccines are ordered on a private prescription and these incur a charge over and above the normal prescription charge. This is because not all travel vaccinations are included in the services provided by the NHS.

Travel Health Questionnaire

To help us offer the appropriate advice, please download, print & fill out the online form below before coming to see the nurse.

Non-NHS Services

Certain services provided by your doctor are not covered by the NHS and you may be asked to pay a fee in line with British Medical Association recommendations, e.g:

Pre-employment medicals

Private medicals

Insurance claims (e.g. BUPA)

Private certificates

Fitness to drive medicals

HGV/PSV medicals

Private prescriptions for Holiday travel

If you have any queries about fees or any other private medical services, please discuss them with reception. A copy of the current scale of fees is available Here.

Risk profiling: How your NHS records are used

This practice is taking part in a new NHS service that helps your GP to spot whether you need more help to manage your health. The service is called “risk profiling”.

Using information from your health records, a secure NHS computer system will look at any recent treatments you have had in hospital or at this surgery, and any existing health conditions that you have, and alert your doctor to the likelihood of a possible future hospital admission. This may include screening service and technologies that help us search all of our patient’s records to identify our patients that would most benefit from a particular treatment, sometimes by linking the information we hold with information about you from other organisations providing your care. The clinical team at the surgery will use the information to help you get early care and treatment where it is needed.

The information will be seen only by qualified health workers involved in your care. NHS security systems will protect your health information and patient confidentiality at all times.

If you don’t want your information being used in this way, or have any other concerns, please contact the practice.